2024 Men's Cross Country Roster
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Kai Smith
- Height:
- 5-11
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Torrance, CA
- High School:
- West HS
- Prev School:
- West HS
Bio
Kai Smith TFRRS Page
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)Â
Smith competed in all six races during the season ... registered a season-best 8k time of 26:02.8 at the Big West Championship (11/2/24) to capture 61st-place points (78th overall) ... recorded a 10k time of 33:00.6 at the NCAA West Regional (11/15/24) to finish 167th overall ... set PR in the 6k by running a time of 20:28.8 at the Waves Invite (8/30/24) for 26th-place points (41st overall) ... named to the Big West Fall All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2023 (Sophomore)
Smith competed in four races on the season ... set a new PR in the 8k with a time of 25:35.7 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (10/14/23) ... finished 63rd overall at the Big West Championships with a time of 26:31.8 ... posted a 10k time of 32:40.5 to finish 160th overall at the NCAA West Regional ... earned Big West All-Academic Team honors.
CSUN - 2022 (Freshman)
Competed in all six events during the season ... finished 63rd at the Big West Championships (26:45.0) .. .ran a season-best 8k time of 26:15.4 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational ... established a 10k best time of 33:08.6 to record 203rd place points (207th overall) at the NCAA West Regional ... posted a 6k best time 21:31.5 at the Anteater Opener .. .charted a season-best finish of 19th at the Pepperdine Waves Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2022 graduate of West High School … finished 68th at the 2021 CIF State Cross Country Championships in a 5000m prep best time of 16:30.2 … team won the 2021 CIF Division 3 Championship and the 2021 Division 3 State Championship … placed 10th at the 2021 Pioneer League Championship in a three-mile prep best of 15:44.2…recorded a 2.93-mile prep best of 16:18.6 to come in 50th at the 2021 CIF-SS Division Finals … was seventh at the 2021 Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational … finished fifth at the 2018 Pioneer League Championship as a ninth-grader … finished fifth in the 1600m and 11th in the 800m at the Pioneer League Championship as a senior … ran prep bests of :57.75 in the 400m, 1:38.85 in the 600m, 2:06.30 in the 800m, 3:34.78 in the 1200m, and 4:31.64 in the 1600m.
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PERSONAL
Son of Dave and Vicky Smith … favorites include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mortal Kombat (movie 2021), Troy, Chicken Katsu, Green Day, and YouTube.com … chose CSUN because it was close to home, had good sports programs, and the school has the color red, his favorite color…stays greatest sports moment so far is winning the 2021 state meet … says the best thing about being an athlete is getting another excuse to spend time with friends … says the toughest thing about being an athlete is balancing sports, school, and a social life … says the best athlete he has competed against is Colin Sahlman.
CROSS COUNTRY BESTS
CSUN - 2024 (Junior)Â
Smith competed in all six races during the season ... registered a season-best 8k time of 26:02.8 at the Big West Championship (11/2/24) to capture 61st-place points (78th overall) ... recorded a 10k time of 33:00.6 at the NCAA West Regional (11/15/24) to finish 167th overall ... set PR in the 6k by running a time of 20:28.8 at the Waves Invite (8/30/24) for 26th-place points (41st overall) ... named to the Big West Fall All-Academic Team.
CSUN - 2023 (Sophomore)
Smith competed in four races on the season ... set a new PR in the 8k with a time of 25:35.7 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational (10/14/23) ... finished 63rd overall at the Big West Championships with a time of 26:31.8 ... posted a 10k time of 32:40.5 to finish 160th overall at the NCAA West Regional ... earned Big West All-Academic Team honors.
CSUN - 2022 (Freshman)
Competed in all six events during the season ... finished 63rd at the Big West Championships (26:45.0) .. .ran a season-best 8k time of 26:15.4 at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational ... established a 10k best time of 33:08.6 to record 203rd place points (207th overall) at the NCAA West Regional ... posted a 6k best time 21:31.5 at the Anteater Opener .. .charted a season-best finish of 19th at the Pepperdine Waves Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL
A 2022 graduate of West High School … finished 68th at the 2021 CIF State Cross Country Championships in a 5000m prep best time of 16:30.2 … team won the 2021 CIF Division 3 Championship and the 2021 Division 3 State Championship … placed 10th at the 2021 Pioneer League Championship in a three-mile prep best of 15:44.2…recorded a 2.93-mile prep best of 16:18.6 to come in 50th at the 2021 CIF-SS Division Finals … was seventh at the 2021 Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational … finished fifth at the 2018 Pioneer League Championship as a ninth-grader … finished fifth in the 1600m and 11th in the 800m at the Pioneer League Championship as a senior … ran prep bests of :57.75 in the 400m, 1:38.85 in the 600m, 2:06.30 in the 800m, 3:34.78 in the 1200m, and 4:31.64 in the 1600m.
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PERSONAL
Son of Dave and Vicky Smith … favorites include the Los Angeles Dodgers, Mortal Kombat (movie 2021), Troy, Chicken Katsu, Green Day, and YouTube.com … chose CSUN because it was close to home, had good sports programs, and the school has the color red, his favorite color…stays greatest sports moment so far is winning the 2021 state meet … says the best thing about being an athlete is getting another excuse to spend time with friends … says the toughest thing about being an athlete is balancing sports, school, and a social life … says the best athlete he has competed against is Colin Sahlman.
CROSS COUNTRY BESTS
| 6k | 20:28.8 | Waves Invite | 8/30/24 |
| 8k | 25:35.7 | Santa Clara Bronco Invitational | 10/14/23 |
| 10k | 32:40.5 | NCAA West Regional | 11/10/23 |
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